Compared to household domestic waste, biodegradable matter from the retail and catering sector represents only a small percentage of the waste composted in this country. However, it does represent a ...

Mature homemade compost is the best tonic for the soil and plants we grow, but however much compost you make you’ll rarely have enough. So you will have to supplement from the bewildering piles of ...

West London Composting has reopened its site after being temporarily shut down by the Agency last week and is no longer accepting commercial food waste, writes Claudia Cahalane The company, which ...

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Compost heaps can be designed to suit gardens of all sizes. You can build your own or choose from a whole range of specially designed bins, available at garden centres and through internet and mail ...

There are many benefits to making your own compost. Adding the finished product to your flower and veg beds is the most natural way to improve the structure, health and vitality of your soil, which in ...

A great source of bulky, organic material is your own garden compost. The best time to make some is in spring, because it will rot down faster. It’s dead easy to make, it costs nothing and it does the ...

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Turning stuff that rots into other stuff that we can use to build and improve our garden soil is what composting is all about. With even a modicum of success, the end result is the same: handfuls of ...